TT Club enlarges its surplus
TT Club, the international transport and logistics insurance provider earned USD 195 million gross premiums in 2018 (2017: USD 181.8 million) and a surplus for the year of USD 16.5 million (2017: USD 7.3 million). TT Club has total assets of USD 619.3 million (2017: USD 597.6... more
Imperial Logistics wins automotive haulage contract
Imperial Logistics has secured more road haulage management business from its major client BMW Group. The company is adding new routes and extra daily runs to its existing programme of just in time and just in sequence mega-trailer operations, delivering parts from component... more
Digital data corridor comes on stream
Kale Logistics Solutions has finished the first phase of the digital data corridor between Mumbai (India) and Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in collaboration with the Dutch company Cargonaut. Using the iShare framework, which was created by the Dutch government programme Top... more
Contract logistics for textile producer
DHL Supply Chain has signed a five year contract with the Seidensticker Group, a family-run company based in Bielefeld (Germany). Seidensticker has been one of Europe’s most renowned shirt and blouse manufacturers for almost a century. The group is currently represented in... more
Belgium launches digital customs platform
Belgium wants to substantially simplify the import and export of goods. To further this aim, a customs platform named BE-Gate has been developed and officially launched. The portal, which was especially designed for the growing e-commerce market, ensures that cross-border goods... more
Galliker takes over Jeanmaire
Switzerland’s logistics landscape is undergoing a radical change. The transport company Jeanmaire SA, based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, is handing over its storage and transport activities to Galliker Transport on 1 August. A new branch office bearing the name Jeanmaire Transports... more
Market presence, not size
Gebrüder Weiss’ new CEO since 1 January, Wolfram Senger-Weiss, has also been a member of the company’s board since 2005. Christian Doepgen waited for his first 100 days in office to pass before asking him about his plans, GW’s international realignment in the air and sea... more
EUR 2.5 million for Synfioo
The German start-up Synfioo is expanding its supply chain visibility platform for monitoring intermodal supply chains. Btov’s Industrial Tech Fund and Senovo joined existing investors as co-leaders in a financing round concluded in April. Synfioo’s solution includes an... more
Distribution hub for tyre dealer Delticom
The foundations for a new distribution hub for the online tyre dealer Delticom have been laid in Ensisheim in the Alsace (France). The developer in charge of the project is investing around 300 million in the 185,000 sqm centre located close to major transport networks in... more
Successful quarter for Descartes
Descartes has announced its financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2020. “Our customers continue to benefit from our investments that have expanded the global logistics network with new technologies, content and trading partners,” said Edward J. Ryan,... more